Passenger Vessel Financial Responsibility

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Federal Maritime Commission 46 CFR Part 540 [Docket No. 02-15] AGENCY: Federal Maritime Commission. ACTION: Termination of proposed rulemaking. SUMMARY: The Commission has determined to terminate the Proposed Rulemaking published on October 31, 2002, in FMC Docket No. 02-15. The Proposed Rule would have amended the Commission's passenger vessel regulations at 46 CFR Part 540 , which implement the statutory requirement to provide proof of passenger vessel financial responsibility. ADDRESSES: Address all comments and inquiries concerning this termination to: Karen V. Gregory, Secretary, Federal Maritime Commission, 800 North ( printed page 56757) Capitol Street, NW., Room 1046, Washington, DC 20573-0001, (202) 523-5725, E-mail: secretary@fmc.gov . FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peter J. King, General Counsel, Federal Maritime Commission, 800 North Capitol Street, NW., Room 1018, Washington, DC 20573-0001, (202) 523-5740, E-mail: generalcounsel@fmc.gov . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By Notice of Proposed Rulemaking published October 31, 2002, 67 FR 66352 , the Commission proposed amendments to its passenger vessel regulations at 46 CFR Part 540 . These regulations implement the statutory requirement to provide proof of passenger vessel financial responsibility under Sections 2 and 3 of Public Law 89-777, now recodified at 46 U.S.C. 44101-44103 . The proposed amendments would have: eliminated the current ceiling on required performance coverage; adjusted the amount of coverage re…